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National Register of Historic Places

Page history last edited by jph 13 years, 9 months ago

Historic Places in Des Moines:

Resources: The Historic Preservation Commission of Des Moines and The National Register of Historic Places.


 View the Des Moines National Register Historic District Nomination forms


 View a map of historic places in Des Moines


Neighborhoods:

Owl's Head

Sherman Hill


Local Landmarks:

The Lexington Apartments – 1721 Pleasant Avenue

The Gold Star Monument – Lutheran Hospital Grounds, 700 E. University Avenue

Woodland Cemetery – Corner of Woodland and Harding Road (excluding Jewish Enamel Cemetery)

Drake University Municipal Observatory – Waveland Park, University Avenue at 49th Street

Southeast Watertrough – S.E. 11th and Scott Streets

Colonial Bread Sign – Second and University Avenues

Butler Mansion – 2633 Fleur Drive

Glendale Mausoleum, Glendale Cemetery – 1550 48th Street

Rose Garden, Greenwood Park – Grand Avenue at 47th Street

Sylvan Theater, Greenwood Park – Grand Avenue at 47th Street

Wallace House – 756 16th Street

American Federal Building – 601 Grand Avenue

Charles Martin House – 3939 Grand Avenue

Hoyt Sherman Place – 1501 Woodland Avenue

Oakwood Estate (James S. Carpenter House) – 3320 Kinsey Avenue

Esther Hall – 921 Pleasant

Boy Cottage – 304 42nd Street

Masonic Temple – 1011 Locust Street

Public Library of Des Moines (Old Central location) – 100 Locust Street


National Register of Historic Places Properties

 

Name
Address
City
Listed
Abraham Lincoln High School
2600 SW 9th St.
Des Moines
10/24/2002
Ainsworth, William W. and Elizabeth J., House
1310 7th St.
Des Moines
10/22/1998
Andrews, Josiah, House
1128 27th St.
Des Moines
11/1/1988
Ashby Manor Historic District
Roughly bounded by Beaver Ave. and Ashby Park
Des Moines
9/4/1992
Ayrshire Apartments
1815 6th Ave.
Des Moines
10/25/1996
Bailey, William H. and Alice, House
1810 6th Ave.
Des Moines
10/25/1996
Baker, C. H., Double House
1700--1702 6th Ave.
Des Moines
10/25/1996
Bartlett, Walter M., Double House
1416-1418 6th Ave.
Des Moines
10/22/1998
Bates Park Historic District
4th St. between Orchard and Clark Sts.
Des Moines
10/25/1996
Baum, William A. and Etta, Cottage
1604 8th St.
Des Moines
10/25/1996
Beeson, Byron A., House
1503 5th Ave.
Des Moines
10/25/1996
Bell, Hill McClelland, House
1091 26th St.
Des Moines
11/1/1988
Benham, F. A., House
716 19th. St.
Des Moines
11/5/1998
Burns United Methodist Church
811 Crocker St.
Des Moines
6/15/1977
Burnstein--Malin Grocery
1241 6th Ave.
Des Moines
10/22/1998
Camp Dodge Pool District
Buildings A22--A24, Camp Dodge
Johnston
2/17/1995
Carpenter, James Sansom, House
3320 Kinsey Ave.
Des Moines
4/23/1998
Case, Larnerd, House
3111 Easton Blvd.
Des Moines
6/21/1982
Chaffee--Hunter House
1821 8th St.
Des Moines
10/22/1998
Chautauqua Park Historic District
Roughly bounded by 16th St., Hickman Rd., and Chautauqua Pkwy.
Des Moines
3/22/1990
Civic Center Historic District
Des Moines River, Center St. Dam to Scott Ave. Dam, including both banks
Des Moines
12/7/1988
College Corner Commercial Historic Business District
Euclid Ave., between Second and Third Aves.
Des Moines
4/23/1998
Court Avenue Bridge
Court Ave. over Des Moines R.
Des Moines
5/15/1998
Crane Building
1440 Walnut
Des Moines
8/30/2001
Crawford House
2203 Grand Ave.
Des Moines
1/27/1983
Cummins, Albert Baird, House
2404 Forest Dr.
Des Moines
6/30/1982
Darling, Jay Norwood and Genevieve Pendleton, House
2320 Terrace Rd.
Des Moines
9/30/1992
Denny, Professor Charles O., House
1084 Twenty-fifth St.
Des Moines
9/8/1988
Des Moines Saddlery Company Building
307--311 Court Ave.
Des Moines
6/27/1985
Drake University Campus Historic District
Roughly two blks. along University Ave. near Twenty-fifth St.
Des Moines
9/8/1988
Evans, Edward B. and Nettie E., House
1410 19th St.
Des Moines
4/1/2002
Fire Station No. 4
1041 8th St.
Des Moines
6/27/1979
First Methodist Episcopal Church
10th and Pleasant Sts.
Des Moines
4/12/1984
Fish and Game Pavilion and Aquarium
Iowa State Fairgrounds
Des Moines
12/23/1991
Fleming Building
218 6th Ave.
Des Moines
5/22/2002
Flynn Farm, Mansion, and Barn
2600 111th St.
Des Moines
11/30/1973
Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School
Fort Des Moines Military Reservation
Des Moines
5/30/1974
Franklin Apartments
1811 6th Ave.
Des Moines
10/25/1996
Gabriel, Rees, House
1701 Pennsylvania Ave.
Des Moines
12/1/1978
Goddard Bungalow Court Historic District
1410-21 Goddard Court, 1232 14th St.
Des Moines
11/21/2000
Goode, Lowry W., and Hattie N., First North Des Moines House
1813 7th St.
Des Moines
10/22/1998
Grand View College (Old Main)
1200 Grandview Ave.
Des Moines
5/23/1978
Greek Orthodox Church of Saint George
1118 35th St.
Des Moines
2/28/1997
Haley, F.E., Double House
1233-1235 7th St.
Des Moines
10/22/1998
Hallett Flat--Rawson & Co. Apartment Building
1301-1307 Locust St.
Des Moines
12/1/2000
Hatton, Dr. John B. and Anna M., House
1730 7th St.
Des Moines
4/23/1998
Hawkeye Insurance Company Building
209 Fourth St.
Des Moines
4/28/1986
Hayes, William B., House
1547 Arlington Ave.
Des Moines
10/25/1996
Henshie--Briggs Row House
1106 High St.
Des Moines
8/8/2001
Herndon Hall
2000 Grand Ave.
Des Moines
7/27/1977
Herrold Bridge
NW 88th Ave. over Beaver Cr.
Herrold
5/15/1998
Highland Park Historic Business District at Euclid and Sixth Avenues
Roghly jct. of Euclis Ave. and Sixth Ave.
Des Moines
7/15/1998
Hohberger Building
502-506 E. Locust St.
Des Moines
9/12/2002
Home of Marshall's Horseradish
1546 2nd Place
Des Moines
10/22/1998
Homestead Building
303 Locust St.
Des Moines
3/5/1982
Hotel Fort Des Moines
10th and Walnut Sts.
Des Moines
9/16/1982
Ingersoll Place Plat Historic District
28th St., Linden and High Sts.
Des Moines
11/21/2000
Iowa State Capitol
Grand Ave. and E. 12th St.
Des Moines
10/21/1976
Iowa State Fair and Exposition Grounds Historic District
E. Thirtieth St. and Grand Ave.
Des Moines
9/14/1987
Iowa State Historical Building
E. 12th and Grand Ave.
Des Moines
11/14/1978
Iowa-Des Moines National Bank Building
520 Walnut St.
Des Moines
7/10/1979
Johnson, Capt. Nicholas W. and Emma, House
Jct. of 21st St. and University Ave.
Des Moines
12/6/1990
Johnstone, Dr. Anna E. and Andrew A., House
1810 8th St.
Des Moines
10/25/1996
Jordan House
2251 Fuller Rd.
West Des Moines
12/10/1973
Keeler, Rev. R. W. and Fannie E., House
1430 10th St.
Des Moines
11/4/1993
Kingman Place Historic District
27th to 31st Sts., Kingman Blvd., Rutland St. and Cottage Ave.
Des Moines
11/21/2000
Kirkham, Francis M., House
1026 Twenty-fourth St.
Des Moines
9/8/1988
Knotts, Nellie and Thomas, House
1021 Twenty-sixth St.
Des Moines
9/8/1988
Kromer Flats
1433--1439 6th Ave.
Des Moines
10/25/1996
Lexington, The
1721 Pleasant St.
Des Moines
12/12/1976
Lord, Richard T. C., and William V. Wilcox House
2416 Kingman Blvd.
Des Moines
9/8/1988
Mahnke House
2707 High St.
Des Moines
10/13/1983
Maine, The
1635 6th Ave.
Des Moines
10/25/1996
Maish House
1623 Center St.
Des Moines
4/11/1977
Masonic Temple of Des Moines
1011 Locust St.
Des Moines
8/29/1997
Middlesex Plat Historic District
Center St. to Woodland Ave., 31st to 35th Sts.
Des Moines
11/21/2000
Municipal Building
E. 1st and Locust Sts.
Des Moines
11/10/1977
Naylor House
944 W. 9th St.
Des Moines
7/10/1974
New Lawn, The
1245 6th Ave.
Des Moines
10/25/1996
Norman Apartment Building
3103 University Ave.
Des Moines
9/8/1988
Northwestern Hotel
321 E. Walnut
Des Moines
1/12/1984
Oaklands, The, Historic District
Oakland and Arlington Aves. between Franklin and College Aves.
Des Moines
10/25/1996
Odenweller, F. F.--James P. and Nettie Morey House
1115 27th St.
Des Moines
11/1/1988
Owl's Head Historic District
Ridge Rd., Forest Dr., 28th and 29th Sts.
Des Moines
10/11/1978
Peak, George B., House
1080 22nd St.
Des Moines
11/14/1978
Perry and Brainard Block
1601 6th Ave.
Des Moines
10/25/1996
Polk County Courthouse
6th and Mulberry Sts.
Des Moines
4/30/1979
Prospect Park Second Plat Historic District
Roughly along the Des Moines R. S to Franklin Ave., between 6th Ave. and 9th St.
Des Moines
4/23/1998
Public Library of Des Moines
Locust St.
Des Moines
7/25/1977
Reynolds, Anson O., House
1022 Twenty-sixth St.
Des Moines
9/8/1988
Riverview Park Plat Historic District
Arlington Ave. between Franklin and 6th Aves.
Des Moines
10/25/1996
Rollins, Ralph, House
2801 Fleur Dr.
Des Moines
11/14/1978
Rumely--Des Moines Drug Company Building
110 SW. Fourth St.
Des Moines
11/16/1989
Saint John's Roman Catholic Church
1915 University Ave.
Des Moines
9/8/1987
Salisbury House
4025 Tonawanda Dr.
Des Moines
7/20/1977
Sargent's Garage
510 College Ave.
Des Moines
10/22/1998
Savery Hotel
401 Locust St.
Des Moines
11/5/1998
Scheibe, Julius, Cottage
815 College Ave.
Des Moines
10/22/1998
Scott, Mary A. and Caleb D., House
1014 Twenty-sixth St.
Des Moines
9/8/1988
Scottish Rite Consistory Building
6th Ave. and Park St.
Des Moines
9/29/1983
Sherman Hill Historic District
Roughly bounded by Woodland Ave., 19th, School, and 15th Sts.
Des Moines
1/25/1979
Sherman, Hoyt, Place
1501 Woodland Ave.
Des Moines
9/19/1977
Sherman, Lampson P., House
1052 Twenty-sixth St.
Des Moines
9/8/1988
Simmons, John P., House
1113 27th St.
Des Moines
11/1/1988
Sixth and Forest Historic District
Jct. of 6th and Forest Aves., NE and NW corners
Des Moines
10/25/1996
Smouse, David W., Opportunity School
2820 Center St.
Des Moines
10/24/2002
Southeast Water Trough
SE 11th and Scott St.
Des Moines
10/8/1976
Southwest Fifth St. Bridge
SW Fifth St. over Raccoon R.
Des Moines
5/15/1998
St. Ambrose Cathedral and Rectory
607 High St.
Des Moines
3/30/1979
Stevenson, Samuel A. and Margaret, House
2940 Cottage Grove Ave.
Des Moines
1/3/1985
Stoner, Thomas I., House
1030 56th St.
Des Moines
2/12/1992
Stuart, Dr. Richard and Paulina, House
1060 Twenty-fifth St.
Des Moines
9/8/1988
Studio Building
524 E. Grand Ave.
Des Moines
11/14/1978
Sylvan Theater Historic District
In Greenwood Park on W side of 45th St., 1 block S of jct. with Grand Ave.
Des Moines
8/15/1995
Syndicate Block
501 E. Locust
Des Moines
10/1/2001
Teachout Building
500-502 E. Locust St.
Des Moines
4/29/1999
Terrace Hill
2300 Grand Ave.
Des Moines
6/14/1972
Theodore Roosevelt High School
4419 Center St.
Des Moines
10/24/2002
Trent--Beaver House
1802 6th Ave.
Des Moines
10/25/1996
Trier, Paul J. and Ida, House
6880 N.W. Beaver Dr.
Johnston
11/9/1988
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
1548 8th St.
Des Moines
4/23/1998
Turner, Susie P., Double House
1420-1422 8th St.
Des Moines
10/22/1998
U.S. Post Office
2nd and Walnut Sts.
Des Noines
11/19/1974
Vail, Mrs. Marian D.--Prof. Charles Noyes Kinney House
1318 27th St.
Des Moines
11/1/1988
Valley Junction-West Des Moines City Hall and Engine House
137 5th St.
West Des Moines
2/17/1983
Veneman's Bungalow Court Historic District
1101-115 Droukas Court, 1228, 1232 E. 12th St.
Des Moines
11/21/2000
Wallace, Henry, House
756 16th St.
Des Moines
5/14/1993
Warfield, Pratt and Howell Company Warehouse
100 West Court Ave.
Des Moines
5/15/1985
Weitz, Charles H. and Lena May, House
1424 5th Ave.
Des Moines
10/22/1998
West Chester
3520 Grand Ave.
Des Moines
1/19/1984
West Ninth Streetcar Line Historic District
W. Ninth St. from University Ave. to Hickman Rd.
Des Moines
4/23/1998
Wherry Block
1600-1602 6th Ave.
Des Moines
10/22/1998
Woodland Place Historic District
25th to 27th St. to Woodland Ave.
Des Moines
11/21/2000

 

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